Today's obits: Paul E. Canolesio was a founder of Sensis Corp.

Paul E. Canolesio, 69, of Auburn, died July 22, 2014, after a five-year battle with cancer. He spent 35 years as a venture capitalist in New York City where he was the founder, CEO and member of the board of directors of YCN Inc. He later joined Blair Associates of NYC. After leaving New York City, he started his own venture capital company in Syracuse. He was founder of Odyssey Software Inc. of Rochester, later sold to Symatic, and a founder of Sensis Corp of Syracuse; later sold to Saab of Sweden. His business also helped create ETCO Building Systems Inc. and Honeywine Inc. He was a member of the National Space Society and Buzz Aldrin Council member. He helped set up the SETI Project "Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence" and was a major contributor to ARKYD; the first publicly accessible space telescope.